For federal awards issued in those years that were restricted to Executive Level II, including competing awards already issued in FY2019, if adequate funds are available in active awards, and if the salary cap increase is consistent with the institutional base salary, grantees may rebudget funds to accommodate the current Executive Level II salary level. However, no additional funds will be provided to these grant awards.

March 06, 2019

Nathan Brostrom, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the University of California, has issued the following guidance on State of California sponsored projects:

On July 1, 2019, the first escalation of IDC from 25% to 30% MTDC is expected to be applied to on-campus agreements from all State of California agencies except for the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA).

Off-campus activities will remain at 25% MTDC.

Starting on July 1, 2019, IDC on funding originating from CDFA increases to 25% MTDC. Special provisions have been made for IDC for funding from Marketing Orders and Commodity Boards.

CSU has agreed to follow UC’s course with regards to these escalations.

Addition of Research.gov as an option for proposal preparation and submission, and proposal file updates;

Revision of eligibility standards for unaffiliated individuals;

Specification that conference proposals over $50,000 and all equipment proposals must include the Collaborators and Other Affiliations information in the proposal submission;

Revision of resubmission guidelines for NSF programs that accept proposals at any time;

Implementation of NSF’s policy on sexual harassment and other forms of harassment, or sexual assault;

Specification that proposers are required to have a policy or code-of-conduct that addresses sexual harassment, other forms of harassment, and sexual assault, and that includes clear and accessible means of reporting violations of the policy or code-of-conduct. This policy or code-of-conduct must be disseminated to conference participants prior to attendance at the conference as well as made available at the conference itself;

Emphasis on the importance of training faculty in the responsible and ethical conduct of research;

Incorporation of existing patent policy into the PAPPG. This policy was previously implemented by regulation at 45 CFR 650; and

Numerous clarifications and other changes throughout the document.

You are encouraged to review the by-chapter summary of changes provided in the Introduction section of the PAPPG.

While this version of the PAPPG becomes effective on February 25, 2019, in the interim, the guidelines contained in the current PAPPG (NSF 18-1) continue to apply. We will ensure that the current version of the PAPPG remains on the NSF website, with a notation to proposers that specifies when the new PAPPG (including a link to the new Guide) will become effective.

January 03, 2019

The State of California has issued
a revised 700-U Statement of Economic Interests for Principal
Investigators for immediate use. The revised form, dated 2018/2019, is
available on the Conflict of Interest Committee
website and is the only version that will now be accepted. The form and
requirements are the same as the previous 2018 version, except for an increase in the limit for gifts of travel. Gifts of travel may be subject to a $470 gift limit in 2018. This gift limit has increased from $470 to $500 in 2019 and 2020. Please contact Alaisha Hellman (amhellman@berkeley.edu, 510/642-0122) with any questions.

State of California law requires disclosure of financial interest in the
sponsor of a research project; the donor of a research gift; and, under
certain circumstances, the provider of materials under a Material
Transfer Agreement (MTA) when that sponsor, donor, or provider is a
non-governmental source. Please see State of California Financial Disclosure for more information.